Mabel Murple (pb)

Sheree Fitch's†first two books,†Toes in My Nose†(1987) and†Sleeping Dragons All Around†(1989), launched her career as a poet, rhymster, and a "kind of Canadian female Dr. Seuss."†Fitch has won almost every major award for Canadian†children's†literature since then, including†the 2000 Vicky Metcalf Award for a Body of Work Inspirational to Canadian Children. She has over†twenty-five†books to her credit, including her bestselling and critically praised adult novel,†Kiss the Joy As It Flies†(2008). Fitch's home base is the East Coast of Canada. Visit her at: shereefitch.com

Sydney Smith is a NSCAD University graduate living in Halifax. Well-known for his artwork for local musicians, he illustrated The Dread Crew: Pirates of the Backwoods. His cover art for Migration Songs won Saltyink.com's Judge a Book By Its Cover competition.